Talk:Restatement (Second) of Contracts

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I have prepared a Table of Contents of the R.2d of Contracts for my own use. I would be happy to post it on this page. Would the TOC be considered to be copyrighted? If the editors fell it is OK to post, please contact me at hsfrey at harp dot org. Hsfrey (talk) 07:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Weak intro

I came to this page to learn about this item and the intro just bamboozled me. Instead of a brief explanation, it went on and on lauding it without providing any useful info. Could someone who actually understands the subject please rewrite at least the intro? Ma^t_chups 13:31, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Weak article

The focus of the article should not be on the use and citation of the restatement but the substantive content, its usage and function may be useful as an aside but ultimately they are less important than what the restatement actually says.

To reformulate the current introduction in terms of the Kama Sutra:

'The Kama Sutra is one of the most commonly downloaded ebooks available from Project Gutenberg. It is frequently quoted or referred to in discussions of sexual technique and it is rare for any serious student of this subject to have avoided contact with the publication.'

The statement presupposes that the reader already knows what the Kama Sutra / 2nd Restatement is whilst it is generally appropriate to assume that the reason they are accessing the article is to learn what it is.

(The same sorts of problems occur throughout)

If the original contributor(s) are worried about copyright, in short they needn't be. You are always permitted to state, in your own words, summaries of the information from the subject, for instance the good article Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows contains a few long paragraphs on the plot of the novel without violating copyright.

N.B. I'm trying to be helpful but I live in the UK and have little knowledge of the intricacies of US law and the interactions of treatises and judgements within. I therefore don't think I could practically improve the article in an accurate way without risking crucial misunderstandings of the issues involved. 82.23.192.190 (talk) 14:43, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I've made an attempt at clarifying this article by adding a little context from the Restatements of the Law article to the introduction. It's not perfect, but I believe it helps a lot.

'The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vātsyāyana. It is one of the most commonly downloaded ebooks available from Project Gutenberg. It is frequently quoted or referred to in discussions of sexual technique and it is rare for any serious student of this subject to have avoided contact with the publication.' Primalmoon (talk) 10:29, 30 September 2013 (UTC)